I had to pick my jaw off the floor after I heard that Manny Ramirez had turned down a 1-year, $25 million offer to return to the Dodgers next season. ManRam's agent, Scott Boras, is still playing hardball, apparently wanting nothing less than a 3 or 4-year deal in the neighborhood of $25-$30 million per season. Talk about a guy wanting to cash in before it's too late. Ramirez just finished his 16th season in the Majors, and he knows he only realistically has only 1,200 or so good at-bats left in him.
매니의 에이전트인 보라스는 여전히 하드볼을 즐기고 있고, 이건 명백히 그에게 적어도 연간 25~30M의 4~6년계약을 안기고 싶어하는 것이다. When you do the math, that means any team who signs him for four years will be paying nearly $30 million for a guy who at best might provide a .280 average and 80 RBI in the last year of that deal. Now don't get me wrong, I still think ManRam is one of baseball's elite hitters, just look at his numbers last season after he showed up at Chavez Ravine. In 53 games, he hit .396 and slugged .743 while averaging an RBI a contest. That's absolutely sick stuff, but you gotta keep in mind, this is a guy who'll be turning 37 this year. There's no precedent for a guy keeping up that level of production this late into his 30's.
당신이 계산을 조금이라도 한다면, 이 36살의 선수에게 연간 30M에 가까운 돈을 투자하는 것은 멍청하다는 판단을 내리는데는 충분할 거 같다. 물론 그는 역사상 가장 뛰어난 타자이고, 작년 다저스를 포스트시즌으로 이끌기도 했다.
Mike Schmidt hit 35 homers in his 16th season in the majors. Two years later, he was out of the game. After his 37th birthday, Hank Aaron's RBI totals were 77, 96, 69, 60 and 35. Would the Hammer have deserved the second highest contract in baseball for that 69 RBI effort? The strike shortened 1981 season was the last time Pete Rose had a moderately productive season, and he was 40 that year. That's the all-time hit leader we're talking about, one of the most durable guys to ever play the game.
마이크 슈밋은 그의 16번째 메이저리그 시즌에서 35홈런을 기록한 후, 2년후에 그는 은퇴를 했었다. 행크 아론은 그의 37번째 생일 다음 시즌부터 타점수는 77, 96, 69, 60, 35였다.
단지 1981년 파업으로 단축시즌을 맞이한 피트 로즈만이 꽤 솔리드한 활약을 펼쳤으며 그의 나이는 40세였다.
Can modern sports medicine and better training methods keep Ramirez productive into his 40's? Maybe, but that's a big maybe, and in my opinion, a maybe you don't want to gamble $28 million on. ManRam and Boras need to come to their senses and realize that in this sort of economy, gambling on an older slugger just doesn't make prudent business sense. But what if a team does cough up that kind of cash for him? In my opinion, it will be the silliest deal since the Atlanta Hawks threw money at John Koncak.
현대 스포츠 의학과 트레이닝 방법으로 매니는 40세 이후에도 좋은 활약을 펼칠까? 아마도, 아마도, 그런 선수에게 연간 28M은 도박수준이다.
아마도 내 생각인데, 그에게 그런 계약을 한다는 것은 NBA 애틀란타 호크스의 존 콘켁(John Koncak) 이후 가장 멍청한 딜이 될 것같아 보인다.
주 - 존 콘켁을 찾아보니 1985년 애틀란타는 그들의 1라운드(전체 5번)로 존 콘켁을 뽑으면서 그에게 당시로는 엄청난 6년간 13M의 계약을 체결했다고 합니다. 빅맨은 부상위험이 상대적으로 엄청높고, 갓 NCAA을 졸업한 애송이에게 그만큼 큰 돈은 그를 바보로 만들었다고 하네요. 11년의 프로생활동안 평균 4.5득점에 4.9리바운드만 기록한체 쓸쓸히 은퇴를 했다는군요. 그만큼 하지 말라는 소리같군요.